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Check out this online tool from Consumer Reports. It allows you to quickly and easily find out if you–or a relative–would be eligible for a subsidy. A great many young people don’t realize how little insurance would cost after applying the tax credit. Do them a favor, and find out for them. https://www.healthtaxcredittool.org/

Now, the power to make a decision about health reform is back where it should be – in the hands of the American people. In November, they will vote.

Ironically, the Supreme Court challenge may have put them in a better position to vote in their own self interest.

When the case went to the Court, a dreary policy debate turned into a contest that piqued our interest. Americans like spectator sports: Who will win? Who will lose?

Thanks to the publicity, some learned that the Affordable Care Act’s mandate will apply only to Americans who don’t have employer-based insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. And while that relatively small group will be subject to a penalty if they don’t buy insurance, they also will be eligible for a subsidy if they do.

Since the Court announced its controversial decison, some media coverage has delved a little deeper into the details of reform.

For example, last week, the Christian Science Monitor offered a quick lesson in “How the Supreme Court Ruling Affects Families.” Consider a “family of four, headed by a 45-year-old, with an income of $60,000″ purchasing their own insurance. In 2014, they “would reap a tax subsidy of $9,308.”

If they didn’t buy insurance, in 2014 they would pay a penalty of $285. Suddenly, health reform doesn’t sound so scary.

I published this post on HealthInsurance.org a few hours ago. To read the rest of the post, click here